Jersey Tiger Moths
maralyn_mciver
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I discovered a Jersey Tiger Moth enjoying my deep purple Buddleia today. Looking in my field guide where I note yearly visits of , butterflies and moths that need identification I see that we also had one in the garden last year also but not before. In the past we have seen Scarlet Tigers in fact a whole host of them were drying their wings on a new patio wall we were having built some years ago ,quite a sight to see!We had a few visit earlier on in the year too. My husband has also seen a Cinnabar moth in the last few days, our garden is full of many plants that butterflies enjoy, this year we have had many small tortoishells visit our pink Hebe bush in the garden where they all congregate, every day we see at least 15-20of them are on it at one time . We haven't seen any Red Admirals yet, a few Peacocks and so far a small number of Cabbage Whites on our vegetable plot
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Its wonderful to see so many different species isn't it maralyn
I always find it so rewarding when wildlife takes advantage of the habitat us gardeners provide.It makes it all worthwhile.
Where are you maralyn? I've never seen any of the Tigers
In the sticks near Peterborough